From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 23 15:37:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D43114F54 for ; Sun, 23 May 1999 15:37:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA06073; Sun, 23 May 1999 15:35:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905232235.PAA06073@implode.root.com> To: "Christopher R. Bowman" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quad Processor System In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 23 May 1999 18:24:33 EDT." <199905232226.SAA02044@quark.ChrisBowman.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 15:35:52 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>http://www.intel.com/design/servers/SC450NX/index.htm >> >> The onboard Symbios SCSI controller won't work, but you can work around >>that by plugging in an Adaptec aha-2940u2w. I put together such a system for >>a client who is quite happy with it. >> >>-DG > >Why doesn't the onboard Symbios SCSI controller work? It's a newer chip that isn't properly supported, at least when I last tried it a few months ago. The Adaptec chips are generally better supported in FreeBSD and I wouldn't consider anything else for systems that I build. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message